PICNIC

See also: picnic and pícnic

English

Phrase

PICNIC

1. (humorous) Acronym of problem in chair, not in computer; states that the problem was not in the computer but was instead caused by the user operating it.
   • 2006 November, Claire Heald, “Let's help to herd the dinosaurs”, in BBC News‎^[1]:

     Inspiration also comes from the workers who take care of the workers. Ever reported a picnic error to the IT helpdesk? No? Well they're logging them. It stands for a problem in chair, not in computer error among hapless colleagues.

Usage notes

• Most commonly used among experts diagnosing a problem.

See also

• PEBKAC
• ID10T
• Layer 8 (Wikipedia)